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Artemisia's Strong Women: Rescuing a Masterpiece

A previously unknown painting by Artemisia Gentileschi was severely damaged after an explosion in Beirut but was brought back to life after a painstaking, three-year conservation treatment by Getty.

Close-up of a damaged painting

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    Our art and research collections span ancient to modern times

  3. Research & Conservation

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    We conduct and support research and conservation of visual art and cultural heritage in Los Angeles and throughout the world

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  1. What to Wear: The Art Museum Edition

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    We asked fashionable visitors at the Getty Center about their outfit inspiration

    Jul 2, 2025

  2. Getty and Troubadour Theater Present Oedipus the King, Mama!

    Press Release

    A cartoon Elvis holding a microphone and wearing a toga lounges between text that read "Oedipus the King Mama!" and "Annual outdoor theater production at the Getty Villa Museum September 4-27".

    Sophocles gets all shook up in the Getty Villa Museum’s newest outdoor theater production

    Jul 2, 2025

  3. Photography in the Time of Covid

    Article

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    Five years after the Covid-19 pandemic started, a rotation of photographs at the Getty Museum reflects on a time when the world shut down, but new ways of seeing emerged

    Jul 1, 2025

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Johnson Publishing Company Archive

Celebrating and safeguarding a unique and precious record of American experience in the 20th century

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